CDU Baden-Württemberg


The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the political party with the most members in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the second largest state party of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany with almost 65,000 members. Its chairman is Thomas Strobl, who succeeded Stefan Mappus after the lost 2011 election.
Its predecessors were the Badische Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei, the Christlich-demokratische Partei, and the Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei.
The state party was founded in January 1971, when the state parties of CDU Nordbaden, Südbaden, Nordwürttemberg, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged into a single party. The first chairman was Hans Filbinger.
The CDU has been the governing party of Baden-Württemberg continuously from 1953 to 2011, the year Winfried Kretschmann of the Alliance '90/Greens won the regional state elections.

Election results and coalitions

The CDU Baden-Württemberg won absolute majorities in the 5 state elections between 1972 and 1988, and could govern the state alone. Otherwise the party cooperated with other parties. Until 1958, it cooperated with all parties represented in the parliament. The SPD withdrew from the cooperation in 1958. From 1964 CDU cooperated with FDP/DVP. In the elections of 1968, the SPD won 29% and the NPD won 10%. A grand coalition of CDU and SPD lasted from 1968 to 1972. A new grand coalition lasted from 1992 to 1996. Since 1996, the CDU is cooperating with the FDP.

Chairmen

Nord-Württemberg

Nord-Baden

YearsChairman
1945-1951Fridolin Heurich
1951-1968Franz Gurk
1970-1971Gerhard Zeitel

Süd-Baden

YearsChairman
1946-1947Leo Wohleb
1948-1966Anton Dichtel
1966-1971Hans Filbinger

Württemberg-Hohenzollern

YearsChairman
1946-1948Franz Weiss
1948-1955Gebhard Müller
1956-1971Eduard Adorno

Baden-Württemberg

YearsChairman
1971-1979Hans Filbinger
1979-1991Lothar Späth
1991-2005Erwin Teufel
2005-2009Günther Oettinger
2009-2011Stefan Mappus
2011-Thomas Strobl

Honorary chairmen

YearsChairmen
1979-2007Hans Filbinger
1991-Lothar Späth

Chairs of the parliamentary faction

YearsChairmenYearsChairmen
1952-1953Franz Gurk1953Gebhard Müller
1953-1960Franz Hermann1960-1968Camill Wurz
1968-1972Erich Ganzenmüller1972-1978Lothar Späth
1978-1991Erwin Teufel1991-2005Günther Oettinger
2005-2010Stefan Mappus2010-2015Peter Hauk
2015-Guido Wolf

Literature